Ripping off the Bard
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The writers of Knightmare weren't afraid of "borrowing" certain phrases from Shakespeare himself and I'm glad they did it.
The most famous one I can think of is from the witches in macbeth:
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair:"
If you want to see if you can find any more try this site:
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/
Phase shift approaching -Not Shakespeare
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In his own way, Shakespeare was an important and accomplished 'fantasy writer', and I'm glad of his links to Knightmare too. When Series 4 dungeoneer Dickon introduces himself to Brother Mace, the monk quotes from Shakespeare's play King Richard III (Act V, Scene iii, Line 306): 'Dickon thy master is bought and sold.' Though Mace does mention it's from Shakespeare, so it's not really a rip-off.
There's an entry on Shakespeare in the Knightmare Lexicon that details some of his KM connections.
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